Murray Representative Visits Studio For Dance Education
A Murray Studio representative Howard Mathison met local staff led by manager R G Cronen at 509 Main Street La Crosse to discuss training, improvements, and regional expansion. Arthur Murray studios teach private lessons with weekly social dances and celebrate all ages from 12 to 76.
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Arthur Murray
la Crosse
Main St
R. G. Cronen
E. V. Booker
A. Verla
Wesley Follmer
Murray
Howard M. Mathison
New York
Mathison
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Manitoba
Illinois
Indiana
Cronen
Coulee
Mary E. Sawyer
Christmas party options and local shop ads in town
Local ads list venues and services for Christmas celebrations including New Villa booking, Universal Photo Service sample cards, Art's Gift Shop decorations, St. John's E&R Kraut supper on December 6, and Aletta's Hat Shop clearance. Auction at Blessed Sacrament School December 8 offers collectibles and gifts.
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New Villa
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Art’s
West Avenue
State
St. John
Aletta
Blessed Sacrament
Deaths in Tri-State Area Honor Local Residents
Funeral services for Theodore B. Stock 85 of Waukon Iowa were set for 2 p.m. at Martin's Mortuary with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Mrs E O Nipper 57, died in Cedar Rapids and will be buried in Oakland Cemetery after services at Martin's Mortuary. John Jackson 59 of Viroqua dies from highway injuries. funeral at Viroqua Lutheran Church with burial in Bethel Cemetery. D J McGillis 60 of Manitowoc dies in Chicago. funeral planned in Manitowoc with Sparta relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Theodore B. Stock
Decorah
Martin’s
Zion Reformed Church
Oakland Cemetery
E. O. Nipper
Martin’s Mortuary
Walter Bodamer
Prairie du Chien
Nipper
Cedar Rapids
Cora Atall
John Atall
Waukon Junction
Elvis
Sparta
Wis
D. J. McGillis
Manitowoc
Chicago
Obituary notices for Michael S. Miller and Mrs Joseph Mavis
Michael S. Miller 88 died at his Whitehall home after two years of failing health. Funeral at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Chapel officiated by Rev. Waechter. Miller born Sept 28 1867 in Pennsylvania married thrice. survived by wife three daughters and two sons, 26 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Also funeral for Mrs. Joseph Mavis 66 of Westport former Black River Falls resident at Ness Funeral Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Eastern Star service by E. W. A. Holder. Survived by husband and one son Foster Brown.
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Whitehall
Wis
Michael S. Miller
Black River Falls
Joseph Mavis
Westport
Ness
E. W. A. Holder
Mavis
Harry Brown
Mr Brown
Brown
Osseo
Altoona
Foster Brown
Births at Lutheran Hospital In Onalaska and West Ave S
A daughter was born December 2 at Lutheran Hospital to Mr and Mrs Douglas Stone of Route 1 Onalaska named Doris Mae La Due. A daughter was born December 3 to Mr and Mrs Emery A Wrobel of 1303 West Avenue S named Lucy Bean.
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Douglas Stone
Onalaska
Doris Mae la Due
Emery A. Wrobel
West Ave. S
Lucy Bean
Surgeon in Hiding With 2 Children in Texas and New Mexico
Longview Texas surgeon Dr Frank Sainburg fled with his young son Philip and daughter Mary Jean Nance. Police have issued pickup orders in Texas New Mexico. Sainburg telephoned a threat to his father in law demanding his wife’s return and dropped a court contempt hold. The search centers on Hobbs New Mexico and Big Spring Texas where he formerly worked.
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Longview
Tex.s
Texas
New Mexico
Noble Crawford
Frank Sainburg
Philip Sainburg
Mary Jean Nance
Crawford
Sainburg
Neal Smith
Smith
Mary Jean
Hobbs, N. M
Samburg
Ithaca
N.Y
Doris Blanchard
Big Spring
Tex
Big Spring Veterans Hospital
Phillip
Delegates Highlight Dairy Advertising and Ambitious ADA Budget
Delegates compare U S milk consumption to Ireland s 1425 pounds per year arguing for a 16 billion pound increase to meet demand. They call producer farmers the guiding rights of the ADA program and outline four growth methods advertising packaging research and merchandising. Bud Phillipson reports a year end ADA balance of 71076 58 with a national budget of 6500000 mostly for advertising and merchandising including TV radio campaigns for Disneyland Lone Ranger and Bob Hope programs.
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Ireland
ADA
Bud Phillipson
State Board of Directors
Dean Contender For Film Audience Award
Hollywood announces the first annual audience awards with nominees for top actors including James Dean, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, and William Holden. Winners to be revealed Tuesday night alongside selections for best actress, promising new talent, best picture, and more.
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Hollywood
James Dean
Dean
Marlon Brando
Henry Fonda
Glenn Ford
William Holden
June Allyson
Doris Day
Judy Garland
Jennifer Jones
Grace Kelly
Joan Collins
Peggy Lee
Dorothy Malone
Terry Moore
Kim Novak
Harry Belafonte
Tab Hunter
Jack Lemmon
Jack Palance
Fess Parker
Testimonial Dinner Planned for Stordock in Stevens Point
MILWAUKEE A testimonial dinner for Gilman H. Stordock commandant of the Grand Army Home at King and national vice commander of the American Legion will be held at the Legion 1 clubhouse in Stevens Point Wednesday night. Henry Dudley of Indianapolis national adjutant of the Legion will be principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Gilman H. Stordock
Grand Army
King
American Legion
Legion 1
Stevens Point
Henry Dudley
Indianapolis
the Legion
Honeymoons With Third Husband In Eight Months
London Mrs Evelyn Chippendale a pretty 30 year old brunette left Saturday for a honeymoon with her third husband within eight months She became a divorcee in April remarried and became a widow a few months later when her soldier husband died and wed again in October Three days after her marriage here to John Chippendale he was recalled to his job in Malaya She took a plane Saturday to meet him for their honeymoon.
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London
Evelyn Chippendale
John Chippendale
Malaya
Philip K. Wrigley Resigns as Gum Empire President
Philip K. Wrigley born December 5, 1894 in Chicago is noted as a major industrial figure in chewing gum baseball and real estate. He says he is not cut out to be a businessman and resigns as president to become an active director while retaining voting control of the stock.
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Philip K. Wrigley
Chicago
Pedestrian struck in Merrillan. leg broken in accident
In Merrillan Wisconsin a 65 year old pedestrian Fred Born was struck by a car driven by 17 year old Vance Bates Jr with 18 year old Gale Horton as passenger. Born was hospitalized with a fractured leg. Officers say the youths did not report the crash or remain at the scene.
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Merrillan
Wis
Jackson County
Fred Born
Vance Bates Jr
Gale Horton
Guy Hobart
Hobart
Born
Black River Falls
Bonus for selling female hogs aims to curb spring crop
Sen. Hickenlooper of Iowa proposed a limited time government bonus to farmers who market female hogs instead of breeding them. The plan offers a premium of at least 5 dollars per hundred pounds on sows sold during a breeding season window, voluntary participation, not a compulsory program, with an estimated cost near 120 million dollars. Benson showed interest and further talks followed with other Agriculture Department officials.
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Washington
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Frilday
Benson
Hickenlooper
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Obituary: Mrs. John Schierts 76 of Wabasha Minnesota
Mrs. John Schierts 76 of Wabasha Minnesota died Saturday in a local hospital. Survivors include her husband two daughters three sons 11 grandchildren five sisters three brothers and a deceased sister. Funeral services scheduled at St Felix Church and Dahl Funeral Home with burial in Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schierts
Wabasha
Minn
Nicholas Gilles
la Crosse
Roy
Aurelia) Porsberg
Glasgow
Mont
Florence Schierts
Los Angeles
Virgil
Mary) Tentis
Kellogg, Minn
Harold
Francis
Milwaukee
Louis
Anna) Qeigel
William
Louise) McDonnell
Otto
Ida) Meltzer
Elmer
Helen) Styer
Wolf Point
Percy
Eva) Wiggers
Banbury
England
Henry
Hazel Green
Edward
John
Glendale
Calif
Emil Borisch
St. Felix Catholic Church
That City
Will Miller
Peoria, Jr
John Miller
Portland
Ore
Dahl Funeral Home
Freeman Sveem
Catholic
Mrs Celia Olsen 84 Holmen Dies Suddenly
Mrs Celia Olsen 84 of Holmen died Sunday morning at her son Dr O C Olsen's home in Holmen. She is survived by her son three sisters Nettie Olsen Mina Johnson and Olive Ekern and four grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Holmen Lutheran Church with Rev E A Frethelm officiating. Burial in Long Coulee Cemetery. Friends may call at the Jostad home in West Salem Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Olsen
Holmen
O. C. Olsen
Nettie Olsen
Mina Johnson
Olive Ekern
Ettrick
Holmen Lutheran Church
E. A. Frethelm
Long Coulee
Jostad
West Salem
Obituary for Edwin Peterson of West Salem
Edwin Peterson, 64, of West Salem, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at a La Crosse hospital. He is survived by his wife Jessie Tucker Peterson, two daughters Henriet ta Swanson of Sparta and Lottie Terpstra of Seattle, a son Clarence Caulum of West Salem, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the West Salem Presbyterian Church with burial in Neshonoc Cemetery. He home in West Salem Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Dwin Peterson
West Salem
la Crosse
Jessie Tucker Peterson
Edward
Henrietta) Swanson
Sparta
Lottie Terpstra
Seattle, Wash
Clarence Caulum
Ben Michelson
Westby
George Miller
Onalaska
William Wieburg
Havana
Louis
Mrs Katherine Waller dies suddenly at 60 in La Crosse
Mrs Katherine Waller 60 of 1530 Rose Street died Sunday morning at a local hospital. Born April 18 1895 in La Crosse she is survived by two sons William and Warren both of La Crosse five daughters Dorothy Michel Ellen Severson Katherine Schumacher Betty Halverson and Arlene Wagner all of La Crosse 21 grandchildren five great grandsons two sisters Till E Moen of Mount Vernon Route 42 La Crosse and Ida Chambers of La Crosse and two (text cut)
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Katherine Waller
Rose St
la Crosse
William A
Warren B. Waller
Frank
Dorothy) Michel
Harold
Ellen) Severson
Edwin
Katherine) Schumacher
Earl O
Betty) Halverson
Arlene Wagner
Obituary: Elmer J. Strum 60 Dies in Local Hospital
Elmer J. Strum 60 of 303 Rose Street died in a local hospital Sunday morning. Survived by wife Bertha and sister Mrs. Tena McKee of Bemidji Minnesota. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Schumacher Funeral Home Seventh and Winnebago with Rev. Lee Holmes officiating. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday afternoon and evening. Strum was a World War I veteran.
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Elmer J. Strum
Rose ,St
Bertha
Tena McKee
Bemidji
Minn
Schumacher Funeral
Winnebago Sts
Lee Holmes
Woodlawn
Strum
Atomic war games end with U S troops repelling invasion
World Briefs reports the first atomic war games concluded as U S troops repelled an aggressor invasion. Other items note welfare aid aims, Aswan dam loan, a Cairo press change, Senator Ives predicting limited labor reform, and East German visits to China, North Korea and Mongolia.
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Fort Polk
Law
United States
Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
East Berlin
Air
Red China
North Korea
Mongolia
Milwaukee Basement Fire Damages Landmark Apartment
Eleven residents escaped frigid early morning flames as a basement fire in a three story brick and frame apartment building in downtown Milwaukee spread to the first floor. Fire crews estimated $2,000 in damage and had not yet determined a cause.
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Milwaukee
Stock Splits and Dividends Elevate 1955 Market Mood
The piece notes unions Pacific five-for-one and Montgomery Ward two-for-one stock splits along with two-for-one cash dividends from Otis Elevator and Federated Department Stores. It highlights General Electric and other majors raising dividends while earnings outpace dividend growth, creating an optimistic Wall Street outlook amid higher plant investment and a 54 percent earnings cushion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sewell Avery
Avery
Otis Elevator
Federated Department Stores
General Electric
Montgomery Ward and Co
Bendix Aviation
Republic Aviation
Montgomery Ward
Coca-Cola
Zenith Radio
Aetna Life Insurance
Washburn faces third trial for former mother in law murder
In Waco Texas Harry L Washburn goes to trial for the January murder of Helen Harris Weaver killed by dynamite placing a bomb under the family car. Prosecutors seek circumstantial case with no eye witnesses and a two week trial expected with jurors to be picked within two days.
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Waco
Tex
Harry L. Washburn
Tom Moore Jr
Houston
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Washburn
Beacon Incline Railway Claims World Steepest Run
The incline railway at Beacon New York is described as the steepest of its kind globally. Its twin cable cars shuttle visitors to a lookout atop Mount Beacon 1540 feet above the Hudson River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
N.Y
Mount Beacon
Hudson
Wisconsin Probate Notices Appoint Time to Hear Petitions
La Crosse County Court In Probate sets December 27 1955 as hearing for Irene Mann Phalon estate with Letters of Administration sought. creditors must file claims by March 5 1956 and claims reviewed March 6 1956. notices published in La Crosse Tribune. Also notices for Louisa Hammond and Andrew Dolata estates set claim deadlines and hearings in December 1955 and March 1956. inheritance tax determinations planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Irene Mann Phalon
la Crosse
City of
County of la Crosse
State of
la Crosse Tribune
R. V. Ahlstrom
Engelhard
Snodgrass & Goerdt
Batavian Bank
State of Wisconsin
la Crosse County Court
Louisa Hammond
Williamh. Stevenson
State Bank Building
Andrew Dolata
Andrzw Dolata
George Dolato
Andrew Dolato
Lucille Scherdin
Crosby, Esch & Bart
State Bank Bidg
Wis
Elmer Sannes
Said County
la Crosse Trust Company
J. J. Bannen
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Ole Jackson
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Berkeley
Mich
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Lake Worth
Fla
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Eau Claire
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Michael S, Miller
Farm News
Mr. Roberts
Junggle
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Stordock
AP Newsfea
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VRS
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World Briefs
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Welfare
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Eisenhower
Cairo
Egypt
al Ahram
Aswan
Buenos Aires
Argentina
la Presna
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Lover
Eduardo Busso
Sen
Ives
RNY
Congress
Business Outlook
By J. A. Livingston
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Wall Street
Atchison
Standard and Poor's Corp
Edgar
Ings
Standard and Poor
General Motors
Stenderd & Poors
J A Lommgstos
Isteepest Incline
Tribune Classified
Hellwig & Morris Thoughtful Service
George
Beagle
West Ave
Spock
Gohres
Tillman Bros
Bainbridge Street
French Island
Home Service
Del
la Crosse Bedding Co
la Crosse Woolen Mills Co Co
Tom
Convenient Jewelers
Ray L. Revor
D. R. Vanederlan & Co
E. L. Kloss
Wallpaper & Paint CO
Edward Layland
Yanzer Sanitarium
North 7Th Dial
Spell
Soell North Side
Sahara
Whitebreast Coal Co
Rosalie
Avon
Avon Dist. Mgr. P
Hyde Ave
Dial
Victor's
North 4Th
Toyland
Western Auto
Caledonia
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